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https://i-invdn-com.akamaized.net/news/LYNXMPED9O0DC_M.jpgAt the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 1.38% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index climbed 1.54%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NS:KTKM), which rose 8.31% or 95.75 points to trade at 1247.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (NS:TCS) added 5.52% or 97.60 points to end at 1867.10 and Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) was up 5.16% or 33.15 points to 675.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yes Bank Ltd (NS:YESB), which fell 4.39% or 1.30 points to trade at 28.30 at the close. Titan Company Ltd (NS:TITN) declined 3.73% or 35.50 points to end at 915.90 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) was down 2.73% or 65.15 points to 2321.00.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (BO:KTKM) which rose 8.59% to 1249.85, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (BO:TCS) which was up 5.97% to settle at 1876.90 and Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which gained 5.16% to close at 675.20.
The worst performers were Titan Company Ltd (BO:TITN) which was down 3.75% to 916.45 in late trade, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which lost 2.97% to settle at 2315.85 and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (BO:PGRD) which was down 2.37% to 158.40 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 958 to 561 and 79 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1389 rose and 911 declined, while 166 ended unchanged.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 8.39% to 39.2300 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.58% or 10.15 to $1748.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 10.45% or 1.44 to hit $15.22 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 6.68% or 1.36 to trade at $21.73 a barrel.
USD/INR was down 0.31% to 76.160, while EUR/INR fell 0.84% to 81.9865.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 100.808.